US 12,414,670 B2
Systems for caddy positioning in dishwasher appliances
Justin Daniel Ryan, Louisville, KY (US); Steven Chadwick Koepke, LaGrange, KY (US); and Nathaniel Lee Min Sheeran, Louisville, KY (US)
Assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on May 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/314,563.
Prior Publication US 2024/0374114 A1, Nov. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. A47L 15/50 (2006.01); A47L 15/16 (2006.01); A47L 15/22 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 15/505 (2013.01) [A47L 15/16 (2013.01); A47L 15/22 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dishwasher appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the vertical, lateral, and transverse directions being mutually perpendicular, the dishwasher appliance comprising:
a tub defining a wash chamber;
a wash conduit in the wash chamber;
a first rack assembly slidably positioned within the wash chamber;
a first spray assembly positioned in the wash chamber and configured to direct wash fluids at the first rack assembly;
a second rack assembly slidably positioned in the wash chamber above the first rack assembly;
a second spray assembly positioned in the wash chamber and configured to direct wash fluids at the second rack assembly;
a third rack assembly slidably positioned in the wash chamber above the second rack assembly, the third rack assembly comprising a wire framework defining a perimeter and a wire insert selectively mountable on the wire framework;
a third spray assembly positioned within the third rack assembly and configured to direct wash fluid at articles located in the third rack assembly; and
a caddy positionable on the third spray assembly, the caddy comprising a plurality of mounting projections at a bottom side of the caddy, the mounting projections configured to engage the third spray assembly in order to locate the caddy on the third spray assembly,
wherein the wire insert is slidably positionable within the wire framework beneath the third spray assembly, when the caddy is mounted to the third spray assembly.